"That's true..."
She murmured softly, as if speaking to herself and Wang Dong'er at the same time. Her gaze returned to the shimmering lake, and her tone carried an almost candid gentleness. "Changsheng... he's so good. So outstanding, so dazzling..."
"When he stands there, he's like sunlight, drawing everyone's eyes. Not just ours..."
She paused, her voice still gentle. "Even Ma Xiaotao from the Inner Court looks at him differently, doesn't she?"
"It's perfectly normal for you to like him. Someone as outstanding as him... it would be strange if no one admired him." Jiang Nannan turned to Wang Dong'er, and the smile on her face finally carried a trace of genuine warmth—an indescribable tolerance and... confidence?
"Why would I be angry?" she asked back. Her calm tone left Wang Dong'er stunned. "Don't all of you liking him prove that my Li Changsheng... truly is exceptional? Exceptional enough to make even people with standards as high as yours fall for him?"
"Could it be..." Jiang Nannan's tone lifted slightly, carrying a playful challenge. "Would you... like some utterly ordinary, mediocre person?"
Wang Dong'er was completely dumbfounded.
She had imagined Jiang Nannan breaking down in tears, grieving in silence, angrily demanding answers... but she had never expected this sort of calm, backed by such powerful confidence and strange logic. There was even... a hint of pride?
Jiang Nannan's words were like a key, easily unlocking the tangled knot in her heart—the one she had been afraid to examine too closely.
Jiang Nannan had openly framed "having feelings for Li Changsheng" as proof of his excellence, and that actually eased much of Wang Dong'er's inexplicable shame and panic.
That was right. Li Changsheng was so strong, so mysterious, so... special. Wasn't it only natural that she would be drawn to him? Even